46 Bible Verses about Doing The Right Thing

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

"You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes,

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you,

For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart.

This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."

knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand."

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORDweighs the heart.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."

"And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household."

Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,

As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.

For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.

Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."

And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.

By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

but test everything; hold fast what is good.

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not good.

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."